Biographical Records
Notable People from District of Columbia
1,116 notable figures born in District of Columbia, showing page 9 of 23, ranked by historical prominence.
C.W. Gortner
1964 – 2025
novelistwriter
Ricky Lawless
1959 – 1988
professional wrestleramateur wrestlerpromoter
Paul Garner
1909 – 2004
television actorstage actoractor
Sidney Kramer
1925 – 2022
officialcivil servantpolitician
Joel Brinkley
1952 – 2014
journalistcolumnist
C. J. Snare
1959 – 2024
singer
Roscoe Brown
1922 – 2016
aircraft pilotacademicradio personality
Ken Kennedy
1945 – 2007
university teachercomputer scientistengineer
Henry E. Emerson
1925 – 2015
military personnel
Garrett Mattingly
1900 – 1962
university teacherhistorianwriter
Eli Noyes
1942 – 2024
directorfilm directorfilm producer
Henry Watterson
1840 – 1921
publisherjournalistpolitician
Dorothy Payne Whitney
1887 – 1968
philanthropistpublishereducator
William Rivers Pitt
1971 – 2022
political activistediting staffjournalist
John C. Whitcomb
1924 – 2020
theologian
Clarence E. Gauss
1887 – 1960
diplomat
Guy Coombs
1882 – 1947
film directoractor
Joseph Gale
1807 – 1881
trapperexplorership captain
Alvin C. Graves
1909 – 1965
nuclear physicistphysicist
Jeffrey Bell
1943 – 2018
political scientistgeneral managerspeechwriter
Greg Howard
1964 – 2023
jazz musicianjazz guitaristguitarist
James G. O'Hara
1925 – 1989
politicianlawyer
Don Raye
1909 – 1985
dancerlyricistsongwriter
Margaret O'Neill Eaton
1799 – 1879
politician
James Benjamin Lampert
1914 – 1978
military personnel
Harriet Richardson
1874 – 1958
carcinologistbiologistzoologist
Dick Thompson
1920 – 2014
racing automobile driverdentist
Mark Robin Geier
1948 – 2025
anti-vaccine activisttennis playergeneticist
William R. Coyle
1878 – 1962
geologistpolitician
Don Laws
1929 – 2014
figure skating coachfigure skaterice dancer
William Franklin Sands
1874 – 1946
university teacherdiplomatwriter
Walter Francis Sullivan
1928 – 2012
Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Roscoe Conkling Bruce
1879 – 1950
editoreducator
Manning Kimmel
1913 – 1944
submarinermilitary officer
Buck Hill
1927 – 2017
jazz musiciansaxophonistmusician
Samuel Arnold
1834 – 1906
soldier
Gilbert M. Woodward
1835 – 1914
politicianlawyer
Frances W. Delehanty
1879 – 1977
artist
Aram Bakshian
1944 – 2022
political adviserspeechwriterwriter
Helen Dyer
1895 – 1998
biochemist
Marie Wimer
1876 – 1965
tennis player
Richard A. Anderson
1948 – 1969
military personnel
Richard Eder
1932 – 2014
literary criticjournalist
Thomas G. W. Settle
1895 – 1980
balloonistmilitary officer
Robert A. Altman
1947 – 2021
businesspersonlawyer
John C. Underwood
1840 – 1913
army officerjournalistpolitician
Lloyd McNeill
1935 – 2021
jazz musicianflautistpostage stamp designer
Gilbert Gude
1923 – 2007
politician
Frederick C. Billard
1873 – 1932
military officer
Frederic E. Davison
1917 – 1999
military personnel